{"id":83783,"date":"2025-01-29T16:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=83783"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:41:36","slug":"propaganda-wars-unbelief-based-on-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars-unbelief-based-on-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Propaganda Wars: Unbelief Based on Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n<p>The Bible talks about a god that never existed and a Jesus who never existed, modern atheists and humanists tell us. Is that fact (truth) or propaganda? Our president laid his hand on a fiction book and swore by fiction to uphold the Constitution: &#8220;So help me, fictional god?&#8221; Truth or propaganda? A completely fictional book rose above all other fictional books in history to be considered sacred? Truth or propaganda? How is it that the entire world calendar felt it expedient to adjust the world&#8217;s dating of 2025 based on the impact of a fictional character, Jesus? Truth or propaganda?<\/p>\n<p>It is easy to assert that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote fictional &#8220;propaganda&#8221; and changed the world. Still, usually, the ones who treat it as lies and propaganda have never actually studied the evidence. They have an emotional dog in this fight. If it is true, then it demands change and moral accountability before God. Most don&#8217;t want that change. Still, the writers of these four books either knowingly told lies about what they saw and heard, were deceived and misguided to write these accounts of Jesus, or were telling the truth because propaganda regarding Jesus had to be challenged.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Matthew&#8217;s effort, it was clear that he was trying to persuade Jews that Jesus had the credentials laid out in their holy book (our Old Testament). Jesus fit the genealogical and prophetic credentials, and he demonstrated that God was working miracles through Him. He dealt with the propaganda of the unbelieving Jews to show the truth about Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>In Mark&#8217;s effort, it was clear that he was trying to persuade the Roman culture that Jesus was from God, and he dealt with truth versus propaganda circulated among Roman culture regarding Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>In Luke&#8217;s effort, it is clear that he states the reason why these are things &#8220;<em>most surely believed among us<\/em>&#8221; to a Gentile ruler. This man could then sort out the truth from the propaganda he had heard.<\/li>\n<li>In John&#8217;s effort, there was an emphasis on &#8220;truth.&#8221; Over and over, John helps the early reader to understand the proof of Jesus being Immanuel or &#8220;God with us.&#8221; God had come in the flesh. Jesus&#8217; miracles were so widely known that no one could deny them. Again, it was &#8220;truth&#8221; versus the propaganda of the unbelievers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The eyewitnesses&#8217; evidence was so substantial that the evidence of Jesus&#8217; actual resurrection impacted city after city, including the city where Jesus was crucified (Acts 17:30-31). The assurance of judgment was based upon the assurance of Jesus&#8217; death and resurrection (I Corinthians 15).<\/p>\n<p>Our calendar year, the placing of hands on the Bible in oaths, and the long tradition of baptism and communion on each first day of the week are either based upon truth or propaganda. It is either a great <b>truth <\/b>or the world&#8217;s biggest <strong>lie<\/strong>. &#8220;<em>If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is vain and your faith is also vain<\/em>&#8221; (I Corinthians 15:14). Propaganda? For what gain? Truth? For great gain!<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPropaganda Wars\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Terry Wane Benton The Bible talks about a god that never existed and a Jesus who never existed, modern atheists and humanists tell us. Is that fact (truth) or propaganda? Our president laid his hand on a fiction book and swore by fiction to uphold the Constitution: &#8220;So help me, fictional god?&#8221; Truth or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[606,73,1774,441,1004],"class_list":["post-83783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-gospels","tag-jesus","tag-propaganda","tag-truth","tag-unbelief"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83794,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars\/","url_meta":{"origin":83783,"position":0},"title":"Propaganda Wars","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Controlling the Narrative Rhetoric Unbelief Based on Propaganda When People Can't or Won't Hear Truth Manipulating the Truth The Use of the Education System","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83817,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars-manipulating-the-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":83783,"position":1},"title":"Propaganda Wars &#8211; Manipulating the Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton The devil engaged in a propaganda war with the first couple in the garden. He tried to convince them that God was bad and was holding them back from some great potential experience. God was in their way. The propaganda seemed valid. The fruit on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83773,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars-when-people-cant-or-wont-hear-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":83783,"position":2},"title":"Propaganda Wars &#8211; When People Can\u2019t or Won\u2019t Hear Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton We have the book of Jeremiah only because truth wins in the end. But think of the propaganda that seemed to prevail when Jeremiah was trying to preach to the corrupt establishment. God had an important mission for Jeremiah, \"to root out and to pull down,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83797,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars-rhetoric\/","url_meta":{"origin":83783,"position":3},"title":"Propaganda Wars &#8211; Rhetoric","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Interestingly, the rhetoric used in truth vs. propaganda often turns to prejudicial phrases. Elijah was called a \"troubler\" in Israel by the wicked king. Who really was the troubler? Was it not those who grew to accept immorality and idolatry? But Ahab used the word \"troubler\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31242,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/propaganda-wars-controlling-the-narrative\/","url_meta":{"origin":83783,"position":4},"title":"Propaganda Wars &#8211; Controlling the Narrative","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton There was the\u00a0truth that Jesus was, in fact, raised from the dead, and then there were the opposition forces who needed to keep the nation from converting to Jesus.\u00a0They wanted to stay in control of the crowds and keep their wealthy pockets padded. 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